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Subject:    Re: [Wireshark-dev] Time to update to Npcap 1.20
From:       Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral ! com>
Date:       2021-03-12 8:50:44
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 at 06:07, Guy Harris <gharris@sonic.net> wrote:

> It looks as if it fixes some annoying bugs:
>
>         https://github.com/nmap/npcap/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
>
> so if we haven't already updated the Wireshark Windows builds to include
> the 1.20 installer, we should do so.
>
> Anybody who's been having problems - especially if they're the ones noted:
>
>         https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/122
>                 "npcap no longer working. Can't set [Wi-Fi] channel"
>
>         https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/106
>                 "blocks vmware network stack after wakeup"
>
>         https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/268
>                 "BSoD crash when upgrading to Npcap 0.9996 or later"
>
> might want to consider updating to 1.20.
>

Just the usual caution with npcap updates, sometimes the fixes for bugs
have introduced even worse issues.  As we've just released maintenance
versions we do have a 6 week or so soak period.

-- 
Graham Bloice

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 at 06:07, Guy Harris &lt;<a \
href="mailto:gharris@sonic.net">gharris@sonic.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It looks as if it fixes some annoying bugs:<br> \
<br>  <a href="https://github.com/nmap/npcap/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md" \
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/nmap/npcap/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md</a><br>
 <br>
so if we haven&#39;t already updated the Wireshark Windows builds to include the 1.20 \
installer, we should do so.<br> <br>
Anybody who&#39;s been having problems - especially if they&#39;re the ones \
noted:<br> <br>
            <a href="https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/122" rel="noreferrer" \
                target="_blank">https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/122</a><br>
                        &quot;npcap no longer working. Can&#39;t set [Wi-Fi] \
channel&quot;<br> <br>
            <a href="https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/106" rel="noreferrer" \
                target="_blank">https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/106</a><br>
                        &quot;blocks vmware network stack after wakeup&quot;<br>
<br>
            <a href="https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/268" rel="noreferrer" \
                target="_blank">https://github.com/nmap/npcap/issues/268</a><br>
                        &quot;BSoD crash when upgrading to Npcap 0.9996 or \
later&quot;<br> <br>
might want to consider updating to \
1.20.<br></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Just the usual caution  with npcap \
updates, sometimes the fixes for bugs have introduced  even worse issues.   As \
we&#39;ve just released maintenance versions we do have a 6 week or so soak \
period.</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div \
dir="ltr"><div>Graham Bloice</div></div></div></div>


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